Wir laden in Kooperation mit United Nations Women Nationalkomitee Österreich, Aimée Comrie (UNODC – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) und Oleksandr Kyrylenko (OSCE Office of the Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings) als Vortragende zum Thema “Human Trafficking: The victims, the perpetrators and the role of civil society” zu uns ein. […]
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To raise funds for our mentoring programme, supporting young women wishing to enter a career in international security, we hosted a very successful fashion spree on 13 January at the WUK in Vienna. Thank you to everyone who donated clothes and to everyone who came by to support us!
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This issue of Faces of International Security will feature Ambassador Véronique Roger-Lacan, who is the French Ambassador to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Her background in international security is impressive: She spent three years at the NATO International Secretariat’s Defense Planning and Operations Divisions, nine years in the Ministry of Defense as
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**English Version Below** Zum gestrigen Tag der Menschenrechte am 10. Dezember 2018 waren wir zu Gast bei einer Diskussion zu Migration und Integration in Deutschland und Österreich im Bruno Kreisky Forum für Internationalen Dialog, welche von WIIS.de im Rahmen ihrer Studytour in Wien organisiert wurde. Es sprachen Marian Benbow Pfisterer der IOM, Hannes Schreiber des Bundesministeriums
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With the support of Amb. Roger-Lacan of the French Representation to the OSCE, Women in International Security (WIIS) Austria launched the mentoring programme for young women, “Encouraging Excellencies”, this October. The goal of the programme is supporting young women in their career development, offering them guidance and support in achieving a career in international security
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Every year between 25 November and 10 December UN Women and Partners “Orange the World” and raise awareness to end violence against Women. WIIS Austria and UN Women Nationalkomitee Österreich were honored to host Justice Renate Winter to speak about Sexual Violence in Conflict at the Menschenrechtsbüro Wien (Human Rights Office of the City of
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On 15 November WIIS.de celebrated their 15 year Anniversary with a conference in Berlin. The conference was on “Is the future democratic? Democracy, Security and Technology” and covered topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Global Health, Feminism in International Security and Intelligence Cooperation. We heard many inspiring and insightful speeches held by female experts from the
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November 26 November, 7.30pm, Menschenrechtsbüro, Neutorgasse 15, 1010 Vienna Sexual Violence in Conflict: UN Women Orange the World Event with Justice Renate Winter Discussing the topic “Ending Violence against Women and Girls in Conflict” we are organizing a lecture with Justice Renate Winter in cooperation with the UN Women Nationalkomitee Österreich. Justice Winter is Chair of the committee of
Welcome to the inaugural Faces of International Security interview. Today we will be featuring Susan Pickett: Susan Pickett is a Training Development Officer in the Department of Safeguards in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA was established in 1957 to promote the peaceful use of nuclear material. This includes though nuclear energy, nuclear
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Welcome to WIIS Words, a new blog published by Women in International Security (WIIS, pronounced ‘wise’) Austria. WIIS Words showcases the exceptional work being done by women working in Austria’s international security community. The blog does not focus narrowly on what might be termed ‘women’s issues’. Rather, WIIS Words is a platform for debate and
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